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mda.
org/cor
ona-campaign

Sevent
y-one 
years 
aft
er 
Isr
ael 
 
fought
 
for 
it
s 
independence,
 
Magen Davi
d Adom i
s hel
pi
ng the 
country battl
e a di
fferent enemy.

The 
cor
onavir
us 
pandemic 
is 
indeed 
a 
war
. 
Even 
if 
Isr
ael 
can 
keep 

mor
t
alit
y 
r
at
es 
for
 
t
hose 
infect
ed 
t
o 
1 
per
cent
,
 
it
 
will 
st
ill 
mean 
t
he 
deat
h 

of 
mor
e 
t
han 
30,
000 
people 
— 
mor
e 
t
han 
all 
of 
Isr
ael’s 
war
s 
combined.

Magen 
David 
Adom 
has 
been 
on 
t
he 
fr
ont
 
lines 
against
 
t
he 
cor
onavir
us,
 

but
 
t
he 
fight
 
has 
t
aken 
an 
ext
r
aor
dinary 
t
oll 
on 
MDA’s 
r
esour
ces. 
 

We 
need 
your
 
suppor
t
 
t
o 
keep 
saving 
lives. 
Obser
ve 
Yom 
Ha’at
zmaut
,
 

Israel’s 
independence 
day,
 
by 
keeping 
t
he 
people 
of 
Israel 
st
rong. 

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mda.
org/corona-campaign

Leaders for 
Tomorrow

AJC has announced the launch of 
Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) in 
Metro Detroit. With the addition 
of Detroit, AJC’
s LFT program 
will be in 14 cities nationwide. 
 LFT is a leadership develop-
ment opportunity that enables 
young Jewish leaders to develop 
skills to advocate on behalf of 
the Jewish people, Israel and 
human rights around the world. 
Graduates of LFT serve as pos-
itive change agents for their 
peers and community and enter 
college with the knowledge and 
confidence to engage in ongoing 
dialogue regarding anti-Semitism 
and Israel.
 LFT consists of seven inter-
active sessions once a month 
on Sundays beginning in Fall 
2020. Topics covered will include 
Israel’
s history as well as the 
current Israeli political and cul-
tural landscape, challenges and 
opportunities facing global Jewry, 
and how to engage in thoughtful 
advocacy on campus and beyond.
In addition to Detroit-based 
sessions, LFT students will 
be invited to participate in 
AJC’
s LFT Advocacy Day in 
Washington, D.C., in the Spring 
of 2021. They will join LFT stu-
dents from around the country to 
meet with government officials, 
policy experts and thought lead-
ers as well as take part in advo-
cacy opportunities on Capitol 
Hill. The expense of this trip is 
fully covered through the LFT 
program. 
 Admission to this program 
is highly competitive and will 
be limited to 25-30 students. 
Participants will be selected 
based on their application and 
interview. Know a talented stu-
dent? Encourage them to apply 
at AJC.org/LFTinfo or by email-
ing Hannah Goodman at
goodmanh@ajc.org. Applications 
are due Sunday, June 28. 

Last year’
s
Leaders for Tomorrow
in Washington, D.C.